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MICHAEL MGGARRY, vor WESTFIELD,. vNEW Youn.

Letters Patent No. 77,828, dated May 12, 1868.

IMPROVED wasn-BOARD.

TO ALL WHOM-IT MAY CONQERN:

Be it known that ;I, MICHAEL McGAnnY, of Westield,in`the county of Chautauqua, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inV Wash-Boards; and Ido hereby declare -that p the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ofthis specification, in whichi Figure 1 is a front view of my improved wash-board, and

Figure 2 a side view of the same.`

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Vboth figures.4 y

My invention consists in combining, with the wash-board and rubber, an arrangement of wire ways and spring-guides, connected as hereinafter described. f q.

In the drawings, A is a corrugated wash-board, and C C C are corrugatedrollers, forming the rubber, attached to side bearings D D, which have a handle, E. l i

The journals d d of the rollers'rest on top of longitudinal ways Zz b, made of wire, having eyes ce at each end, that rest on the top of the side piecesa of uthe-wash-board: i

Clamps or guides, B B, pass over the journals d d, and are'bent at each end, as shown ath, and pass through the eyes c c of the ways, and through the side pieces, coming out at' the under side in opcn'spaces e e, cut in the wood, where they are enclosed by spiral springsff, which are held in place by nutsg g.

Washers, z'vz', are employed at each end, between the parte Bb, to keep them in position.

The great advantage in this arrangement consists in the employment of the ways and guides B.

These parts are cut from wire, of the :proper length, the eyes -formed i theways, andthe ends of the guides bent at right angles, and inserted through the eyes, whichrliold the parts together and clamp the journals between them. The ways form a smooth surface for` the journals to run on, kandprevent wear of the soft wood," and avoid friction; and the elasticity of the guides holds the journals downwith-suicient pressure. This elasticity will allow any desired quantity of clothes to be place'd under the rubber, and will adapt it to any inequality of theclothes, and the nuts g will allow tightening up at pleasure.

It will be noticed that this construction and connection-of the wires insure the extreme-of simplicity, and

rendent-he machine enduring under constant action.

i I am aware that a. reciprocating rubber has before been used "in connection, with a wash-board, therefore my claim is only to the parts combined therewith.

WhatI claim asimy invention, andidesire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The arrangement of the spring-guides B and waysvb, connected by eyes c and bends It, as described, when combined with wash-hoard A and rubber C C, as herein set forth.4 i. i

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.4

' MICHAEL McG'ARRY; Witnesses:

ALBERT HAIGHT, J. R. DRAKE. 

